By Jeremy Smith, Last Row Music Next Level, an imprint of Outside In Music, is pleased to announce the March 11, 2022 release of Eleven O’ Seven, the debut album from rising trumpeter and bandleader Grace Fox. On Eleven O’ Seven, Fox premieres her powerful all-female ensemble, the Grace Fox Big Band. This multigenerational, multiethnic group ushers in the next era of musical … Read More
By Jeremy Smith, Last Row Music Sunnyside Records is proud to announce the March 25, 2022 release of The Normyn Suites by the Michael Leonhart Orchestra. The Normyn Suites is both a requiem and celebration, inspired by the life and death of the bandleader’s 15-year-old dog, a female mini dachshund named Normyn. The third album by the Michael Leonhart Orchestra features a pair … Read More
By Jeremy Smith, Last Row Music Trumpeter Skyler Floe Announces Captivating Debut Album Abstraction, out October 8th. Read more here.
By Jeremy Smith, Last Row Music After his 2017 debut album Beginnings, trumpeter Bruce Harris introduces a new album that pays tribute to his hometown Bronx neighborhood of Soundview by featuring original compositions and standards selected from the Black American Songbook. Backed by a strong rhythm section, Soundviewis also the first in a series of … Read More
By Editor, Last Row Music Sam Blakeslee and Wistful Thinking Present The Long Middle, A Meditation on Isolation and Distance in a Chamber Jazz Setting, due out July 30, 2021 via Outside in Music. Read more here.
By Editor, Last Row Music Soundview, the latest studio album from trumpeter, composer and educator Bruce Harris and his A-list quartet of masterful musicians, strikes a personal note for the artist, speaking to his upbringing in the Bronx neighborhood of Soundview, New York. Read more here.
By Jeremy Smith, Last Row Music 3x GRAMMY-nominated composer and trumpeter Tim Hagans is pleased to announce the release of A Conversation, an all-new, original multi-movement concerto performed by the NDR Bigband. On A Conversation, Hagans introduces a musical narrative that is meant to explore, to illuminate, and perhaps, to resolve an exchange of ideas. … Read More
By Jeremy Smith, Last Row Music As difficult as 2020 was for the world, 2021 is looking to be more hopeful; and Questions Left Unanswered by Sounds of A&R is a perfect introduction to a new hope in moving forward from a whirlwind of a year. Starting off with an introduction in “Thus The Beginning” the listener learns … Read More
By Last Row Music Mosaic Records is proud to announce the April 10, 2021 release of The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia & RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946 – 66, a 7-CD boxed set that will take listeners into the studio with Armstrong in a way never previously imaginable. Mosaic Records has long been lauded for the release … Read More
By Jeremy Smith, Last Row Music Trombonist Kasperi Sarikoski is quite familiar with the NYC scene having studied at The Juilliard School, played with Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, and several A-list artists. After completing his Artist Diploma at Juilliard, Sarikoski moved back to his native country Finland to continue his music career. Currently, lead … Read More
